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Friday, August 12, 2011

I got the idea for this project from Christina at Creations with ChristinaHERE. I started making this for the end of school last year. Then I got sidetracked with so many other things at that time of year. So I had the base painted &amp; that's about it. I then decided to try to get it made for back to school this year. Funny, but it kind of works out well, my daughter has the same teacher that she had last year.

Close Up of Flower &amp; Pin:

Details:
I used my Gypsy and Cricut to design &amp; create this project.
I cut a piece of chipboard (box) to 10x8.
I scored @ 3", 6", &amp; 9".
I used gesso on both sides, then when dry, painted both sides the blue acrylic paint. When that was dry, I used crackle medium on the side that would be on the outside. When the crackle medium was dry, I lightly brushed on antique white acrylic paint. This gave it that worn wood look.
Then I just glued the smaller edge inside the folded chipboard.
I cut a piece of blue card stock 7 3/4 x 2 3/4. I stamped a flourish stamp randomly all over the card stock. then I ripped a section of it off &amp; inked all of the edges. This is the piece of card stock on the left. There is a smaller ripped piece on the right side.
Flowers: Flower Shoppe
Name: Don Juan
Greenery Pieces: Calligraphy Collection
I made the stick pin from a hat pin &amp; some beads &amp; pearls. I colored the head of the pin &amp; the other pearl(not showing in pic) with my Bic Mark It markers.
I sprayed the pieces &amp; the base with my home made glimmer mist to give it the shimmer.

I made these Pencil Back to School bookmarks for my daughter's class. I always try to make a little something for the kids for Back to School. I also usually put bookmarks in their party favors too. I'm so pleased that most of the parents have told me that they save everything that I have made for the kids. With my daughter, of course - they are destroyed before they come home.

Details:
I used my Gypsy and Cricut to design &amp; create this project.
Cuts:
Pencil: Smiley Cards
Back to School: Cricut Office Help
I added some doodle dots to add a little interest.

Now I had a friend of my friend that keeps me busy (LOL) call me to see if I could do something for a wedding shower gift. The new couple does not have a house yet (so no decor to match). She knew that the bridesmaids dresses are going to be red, but did not want to go with that. She had seen some of my previous letters & wanted to go that route. I told her about the anniversary one that I had done, see HERE & she loved the idea. The shower invite had several shades of blue so we decided on that color scheme and this is what turned out. She said the bride loved it & it was her favorite color. Don't you just love it when you don't know exactly how to do something & it just turns out perfectly.

Details:
I used my Gypsy and Cricut to design & create this project.
I painted the letter with acrylic paint & spritzed it with some home made glimmer mist (pearlizing medium, warm water, & Mod Podge in a spray bottle).
Then I sealed it with Krylon Preserve It.
Cuts:
Name, Est., & Numbers: Lyrical Letters
Bride & Groom & Rings: Wedding
Sign Shape: Lacy Labels
I painted the rings with metallic gold acrylic paint & sealed with Krylon Preserve It.
I added detail lines on the bride & groom with ultra fine Sharpie markers.
I used a piece of tulle to add to the bride's veil & some I Rock Crystals as a decoration to the veil.

This was for a gift that my friend needed. Yes, the same friend that is ALWAYS keeping me busy. But I love her for it. I get to try out new techniques & re-invent these letters every time I make one.

Details:
I used my Gypsy and Cricut to design & create this project.
I painted the letter with acrylic paint. Then used 3 shades of pink acrylic paint & a flower stamp (sorry don't remember who made it). Then I sealed the letter with Krylon Preserve It.
Cuts:
Name: Simply Sweet
Girl w/ Easel: A Child's Year
Palette & Brush, ART piece, & Pennant: Locker Talk
Brownies: All Mixed Up
I added Glossy Accents to the paint palette & brush to make it look wet.
I also added white pen stitch marks & doodle dots to some of the other cuts to add interest.

Other than the teacher letters I have done, this is the first letter I have done for a family name. My friend's aunt was celebrating her 25th wedding anniversary. So again, my friend thought of me. I was so excited to make this for her. She requested the family name and something to represent the anniversary theme. Also, her aunt is a huge Mickey Mouse fan.
This is what I came up with &amp; was so pleased with how it turned out. Thank goodness, they all loved it too.

Details:
I used my Gypsy &amp; Cricut to design &amp; create this project.
I painted the letter with metallic silver acrylic paint. I also painted the rings &amp; the silver layer of the medallion with the silver paint.
All of the pieces that are painted are selaed with Krylon Preserve It.
I stickled the "diamond' on the ring with crystal stickles.
Cuts:
Mickey Images: Mickey and Friends
Names &amp; Numbers: Mickey Font
Hearts: Calligraphy Collection
Rings: Wedding
Medallion: Elegant Edges

Oh, &amp; my friend's mom asked me to do a frame for this occasion too. That will be coming in a later post.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

OK, so I know that I've been a little MIA for a while. I've been trying to get some things made for a couple of craft fairs coming up. At the same time I still have friends asking me to make some things for them. With trying to come up with some new ideas for the craft fairs, making some old faithful items, calls from my friends for things to make for them, oh & this little thing called work, I haven't had much time for picture taking & posting. Hopefully I can get some pics taken to post a little at a time.

Friday, June 24, 2011

There is a new Challenge Blog starting July 1st. Looks like it will be a ton of fun. But, guess what - They are already doing a giveaway!!! So click on over to there site HERE to see what you have to do to be entered!!!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Welcome to our June Design Team Post for My Pink Stamper. Our challenge for this post was to make something Bright & Fun!!
I had to make a birthday card for a friend's daughter. This is what I came up with.
Front:

Friday, June 10, 2011

Welcome to our June Pinkalicious Blog Hop. If you came here from Shauna's blog then you are right on track. If you just stumbled across this post, please go to Robyn's blog to start at the beginning & hop along with us.
Our challenge this month was to do any type of project with the theme: All About Summer. We had to make something that depicted what summer means to us. And Of course use My Pink Stamper's Stamps. Well both of my children's birthdays are in the summer so that pretty much is what my summers are all about. But, since we already had a birthday challenge I decided to do an Independence Day Themed project. I just love the 4th of July. It is the heart of summer for me.﻿
For this project, I made a cereal box canvas. Now, this was not my original idea. I came across a video on YouTube and thought it was rather interesting. It gives me another way to use all of those cereal (& other) boxes that I am saving that is driving my husband crazy - LOL. Click HERE to see the video part 1. My project is a little different than his, but I loved the canvas idea.

Details:
I used my Gypsy and my Cricut to create & design this project.
Cartridges Used: Independence Day, Stand and Salute, & Birthday Bash
Stamp Set Used: My Pink Stamper's Freedom Rocks. Click HERE to see where you can get Robyn's Stamps. They are all great quality & stamp wonderfully using any type of ink. You can also click HERE to go to her stamp gallery to see examples of how the stamps can be used. There is lots of great inspiration there.
Don't forget to return to Robyn's blog to join in on our challenge after you've finished the hop.

Here is the last one I had to get finished for a little bit. I still have others to post (just can't do it yet). So, ya'll will have some more letters to look forward to for a little while.
This letter was made for the little sister of one of the girl's that I made a letter for last year.﻿ Victoria & Julia (you can see her letter HERE) share a room. So they wanted the letters to be similar. Victoria is only 2 & just started to take dancing, so we went with that theme. We also wanted to keep the butterfly & flower thing going. I did use a different butterfly & made the flower a little different but they are still similar. After all, we want it to be for Victoria - not just a copy of Julia's letter.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

OK, so here is another letter. I told ya'll I have been very busy. I still have a couple that will be coming. One more that needs to be completed & some that I just can't post until they are given. I can't ruin the surprise, you know!!
This letter was supposed to be a baby shower present. My friend that requested it, couldn't wait & gave it to the mom-to-be early. She loved it, BTW.
What i had to go by to make it was: Monkeys & the colors - pink, brown, & green.
So here it is:

Details:
I used my Gypsy & Cricut to design & create this project.
Calligraphy Collection Cart. for the name.
Paisley Cart. for the monkeys.
Life Is A Beach Cart. for the leaves.
I made "vines" from hemp twine in natural, brown, & green. I twisted them & knotted them on the ends. Ran the through the leaves & had the monkeys frolicking in the vines.
This one was so much fun to make!!

I etch these little bowls and use them as candle/candy bowls. They can also be used for a catch all dish or anything that you wish. A friend of a friend saw them & asked me to do some with a dancing theme for dance teacher gifts. I loved how they came out. The pic does not do them justice.

I made this wedding card for a friend that requested one. She needed it to be gold & white. This is what I came up with.

I cut all the pieces from white card stock. For the gold pieces, I painted the card stock pieces with metallic gold acrylic paint. I also edged the back layer with the gold paint.
The wedding bells were cut from the Weddings Cart.
The border edges were cut from the Elegant Edges Cart.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Welcome to our May Design Team Post for My Pink Stamper.
I chose to make a Daddy's birthday card for this project. My husband's birthday was on the 14th, so it just worked out.
I love, love, love these new stamp sets. On this card I used a new release set and a set that is a little older. You can check out all of Robyn's stamps & vendors HERE. You can also check out the Gallery on Robyn's blog to get more inspiration for all of her stamp sets.

Details:
I used my Gypsy and my Cricut to design & create this card.
A Child's Year Cricut Cart. for the daddy & girl & the daddy & boyMPS Stamps Spectacular Sayings (Happy Birthday) & Sweet Baby (Daddy)
To get the Daddy: the stamp said "Daddy's Sweet", I put a piece of tape over the letters that I did not want to stamp, inked the stamp & removed the tape, then stamped Daddy.
I inked the edges of the cards & all pieces.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Here are some of the cards that have been working on. All cards were made using my Cricut Expression, Imagine, or E2 and my Gypsy. They all include My Pink Stamper Stamps also. I can't say it enough how much I love these stamps. They are such high quality and such wonderful and inspiring sentiments. I am still feeling so honored to be a part of such a wonderful design team. All thanks, of course, to Robyn!!
Please go to the Gallery for her stamps to see some awesome projects. They will truly inspire you!

Monday, May 16, 2011

I have plenty of projects coming to my blog that I have been working on. I have been busy crafting, but not much time to get them posted. Some I have not had a chance to photograph either before they were given out - boo! But I will be posting some projects that I have been doing. I'm not MIA from the crafting or blog world, just the posting world. I hope to get a lot of it ready to be posted this weekend. I have plenty of cards that were made using the My Pink Stamper Stamp Sets and my Cricut. I've also been working on some wall letters that my friends have asked for - for teachers' gifts. Like I said - busy, busy, busy crafting. It's been good.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Friday, May 13, 2011

Ok so I updated yesterday. But, with the Blogger problmes this morning my post did not return. Oh well.
I was just letting everyone konw that I have been very busy crafting. I just have not had time to post. Some things I did remember to take pics of, but some were given out before I remembered to take a pic. I hope to have some of these projects on my blog this weekend, if not by early next week. I have some cards that I've made using My Pink Stamper's Stamp Sets. If you haven't seen them or tried them, click the link, you will be very impressed. Robyn also has a new gallery for her stamps sets, there is so much inspiration there. Check it out too. I also will have some wall letters that my friends wanted me to make for them as teachers' gifts.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Here is the lay out that I made for National Scrapbook Day at the My Pink Stamper Celebration. My project is part of challenge #7 between 4pm (CST) - 5pm (CST). Like I've said before: I am not a scrapbooker. If I can do this challenge, so can any of you.

For the details of this project, please go to My Pink Stamper. She has just released some really great new stamps!! Stop on over there for some great inspiration.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Here is the card that I made for the My Pink Stamper Newest Stamp Release. Robyn is releasing 9 new stamp sets today (Friday May 6, 2011), to see them all click HERE.

With everything that has been going on this past week, I thought that the Freedom Rocks stamp set was very fitting.

Recipe:
I used my Gypsy & my new Cricut Expression 2 to design & create this card.
Independence Day Cart. for the hatMy Pink Stamper Freedom Rocks stamp set for the stars & the sentiment
It's hard to tell in just a picture, but the hat really "rocks". I put it on an Action Wobble. It really is so cute in person.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Oh, and don't forget that TOMORROW Saturday May 7, 2011 is National Scrapbook Day!!! Robyn aka My Pink Stamper is having an all day celebration from 10am (CST) til Midnight (CST). There will be challenges, videos, prizes & so much fun. Stop by to join in on all of the fun.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Robyn aka My Pink Stamper is having her 4th Annual Huge National Scrapbook Day Celebration. Check out her blog HERE for all of the details. If you are not a scrapbooker don't worry. There will be cards and 3 D projects as well. Different projects with challenges for you to participate in every hour. There will be prizes, giveaways, videos, and so so much FUN!!
So please join Robyn and her My Pink Designers for a fun filled National Scrapbook Day Celebration!!!!

Monday, April 25, 2011

ProvoCraft has donated an Expression V.2 to Robyn "My Pink Stamper" to give away. Robyn is having a Live Ustream tonight at 10pm central (1 hour befor the HSN launch). At the end of the ustream she will announce the winner of the Expression V.2. Click HERE to see how you can win!!!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Welcome to our My Pink Stamper April Design Team Posts. I have to say again how proud I am to be a part of this great & very talented design team. Robyn's stamps are the best to work with. They are all so cute & stamp so well. This month our challenge was to make favors of any kind. I made these for my nephews we we have our big family Easter celebration.

This was a very simple project, but I love how they turned out. When making favors I tend to do them fairly simple. As much as it pains me (LOL), the kids just rip them apart to get to the candy. I filled some cello bags with candy & made some really cute bag toppers.
Details:
I used my Gypsy & Cricut to design & create this project.
Create A Critter for the rabbitMy Pink Stamper Happiest Moments Set
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Friday, April 8, 2011

Welcome to our April Blog Hop. To hop along with us please go to Robyn's Blog to begin. if you got here from Julie's Blog then you are in the right place.
Our challenge this month was to make something with a birthday theme. I seem to make a lot of girl projects. So I broke out my Boys Will Be Boys cartridge and made a rocket card. Robyn's stamp from the Fabulous Phrases set made it a birthday card. I just love this stamp set. The larger stamps are wonderful. Click HERE to see all of Robyn's wonderful stamps. I know you will find something that you love.

To hop along or to join us in the fun start at Robyn's blog. It will be a lot of fun!!! There will be prizes, a challenge, & so many talented designers to get inspiration from. Oh, & don't forget about Robyn's stamps!!! They just make the projects!!
See you at 8pm!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

OK, so this month our challenge is to do a scrapbook page. This is truly a challenge for me. You all can look through my blog to see how many lay outs I have previously done. NONE!!! I have made a 12x12 frame once, but that was it. Then to add stamps to a lay out!!? Robyn makes everything look so easy!!
So I made this layout using a picture of my kids that my mom had. I loved the black & white photo set on the brown tone card stock. This pic is about 6yrs old (4 & 8 - now 10 & 14). When I saw this pic & was going through my MPS Stamps, I found the perfect sentiment stamp for this pic in the More Faithful Sayings Set. (It's hard to get pics of my kids actually looking like they love each other - LOL)

Since I don't scrapbook I painted & distressed a 12x12 canvas & adhered my lay out to the canvas. It was funny b/c my mom didn't want me to take her photo. She wanted to keep it in the frame that she had it in. When I showed her the finished project she asked if she could keep it. LOL - that was my plan all along!!!
Closeup of pic & stamp:

The following pics are closeups of the flowers with a characteristic that we want to instill in our children. All of these characteristics also came from the More Faithful Sayings Stamp Set.
True: We want to instill truth & always want our children to be true.

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Knowledge: We want to instill the knowledge of right & wrong & of course for them to embrace the opportunities for education that they have.

Grateful: We always want them to grateful & appreciative for everything that they have.

Integrity: We want them to have all of the moral & ethical principles that they should have to be honest & sincere.

Humble: We always want our kids to be humble in everything they do.

Details:
The polka dotted scalloped oval in the background is from the Imagine stock images & colored with the Imagine More Cart.
Flowers are from the Accent Essential Cart.
I tore & distressed all of the edges. I used distress inks & gold paint.
For the canvas, I painted it with brown paint. I used Crackle medium then painted with antique white paint. I then used several colors of distress ink, walnut stains, brown paint, antique white paint, & gold paint.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

About Me

I am a mother, wife, daughter, granddaughter, friend, sister, god mother, aunt, niece, cousin and sister in law. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I like to read, listen to music, watch tv, and movies. And I love paper crafting. I used to scrapbook years ago & got away from it. Enter the Cricut: January 2008, a late Christmas present from my parents. That started the ball rolling and it has it's own momentum. I am always looking for my next project to do. I started my blog to share my projects & keep them all in one place. I hope to inspire others as others have inspired me.
Lori